What is recorded here

Eochaill holds a small limestone cross-slab inside a children’s burial ground, not fifteen metres from a broken cross pillar. Its eastern face carries only a thin Latin cross with forked ends, while soil buries the shaft’s base. The slab is small enough to lift, yet it marks a place where adult hands may have laid infant bodies beneath open sky.

Located within a children’s burial ground (GA111-003001-), c. 17m to the SSW of a broken cross-inscribed pillar (GA111-003002-). This limestone cross-slab (H 0.19m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.06m) bears a small single-line Latin cross with forked terminals on its E face. The base of the shaft is obscured by soil cover. (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 298, no. 27) Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 26 April 2016

This cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian burial practices. Its placement within a children’s burial ground suggests a funerary or commemorative function, possibly linked to local Christian traditions or ecclesiastical sites in the region.

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